Le Phare
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| Le Phare | ||
| Studio album by Yann Tiersen | ||
| Released | 1998 | |
| Length | 34:43 | |
| Label | Ici , d'ailleurs | |
| Yann Tiersen chronology | ||
|---|---|---|
| Le Phare (1998) |
Tout est Calm (1999) |
|
Le Phare (English: The Lighthouse) is the third album by French composer Yann Tiersen. This was the album putting him into the limelight, collaborating with distinguished French songwriter Dominique A(who wrote and provided vocals to both Monochrome and Les Bras de Mer). Typical of Tiersen's work, violin, mandolin, accordion and piano feature heavily, as well as some more unusual instrumentation including a bicycle wheel, typewriters and saucepans. Three songs from this album, La Dispute, La Noyee and Sur Le Fil were used later for Tiersen's soundtrack for the film Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain. L'homme Aux Bras Ballants is also the soundtrack to a short film by the same name by Laurent Gorgiard.[1] Sur le Fil has become a live favourite, normally only the violin section performed with great intensity, even causing damage to the violin bow.[2]
[edit] Tracklisting
- "Le Quartier"
- "La Rupture (feat. Claire Pichet)"
- "Monochrome (feat. Dominique A)"
- "La Dispute"
- "L'arrivée Sur L'ile"
- "La Noyée"
- "Le Fromveur"
- "L'homme Aux Bras Ballants"
- "Sur Le Fil"
- "Les Jours Heureux"
- "Le Crise"
- "Les Bras De Mer (feat. Dominique A)"
- "La Chute"
- "L'effondrement"
[edit] Credits
This also contains all the instruments used on the album.
Yann Tiersen - violins, accordion, piano, mandolins, guitar, typewriter, small and big saucepans, cooking pot, tam-tam, banjo, harpsicord, oud, acoustic guitar, 12 stringed guitar,toy piano, vibra phone, cello, melodica, chimes, bowed mandolins, bicycles, bontempi, vocals
Dominque A - vocals - Monochrome, vocals, piano, guitar - Les Bras De Mer
Claire Pichet - vocals - La Rupture
Sacha Toorop - (percussion) drumkit, big drum, small bell, danse
Renaud Monfourny - photography
Frank Loriou - artwork
